Victor Gilbert
Victor Gabriel Gilbert (13 February 1847 – 21 July 1933) was a French painter mostly known for his Parisian scenes and portraying market scenes there. He studied with Victor Adam (1801–1866) and subsequently with Charles Busson (1822–1908). In 1889 he was awarded a silver medal in the Société des Artistes Français, and a Bonnat prize in 1926 at the end of his career.
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Victor Gilbert

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- Name
- Victor Gabriel Gilbert
- Born
- 13 February 1847
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 21 July 1933
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- painter.
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour.
- Languages
- French.
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Victor Gabriel Gilbert (13 February 1847 – 21 July 1933) was a French painter mostly known for his Parisian scenes and portraying market scenes there. He studied with Victor Adam (1801–1866) and subsequently with Charles Busson (1822–1908). In 1889 he was awarded a silver medal in the Société des Artistes Français, and a Bonnat prize in 1926 at the end of his career.
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Victor Gilbert (1847–1933) was a painter and watercolorist, of French nationality. The painter was born Victor Gabriel Gilbert in Paris and died in Paris. Victor Gilbert was a member of Société des Artistes Français.
Languages used include French. Honours include Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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Biography
Biography
The recorded working language is French. Work by Victor Gilbert is recorded in the collections of Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Musée Carnavalet, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris, National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina and Philadelphia Museum of Art. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Victor Gabriel Gilbert • Born — 13 February 1847 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 21 July 1933 • Place of death — Paris, France
Expositions
Expositions
• 1873: Salon des artistes français (represented with the paintings Avant le bal en Les apprêts du diner) • 1874: Salon des artistes français (Le pot au feu) • 1875: Salon des artistes français (Portrait de Madame M.) • 1880: Salon des artistes français; • 1881: Salon des artistes français; • 1883: Exposition in Munich; • 1893: World's Columbian Exposition • 1894: Exposition in Vienna; • 1908: Exposition in London
Works in museums
Works in museums
• La Halle aux poissons, le matin (1880, oil on canvas, 181 × 140 cm) in the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille; • Musée Carnavalet, Paris • Coquelicots dans un champ (attributed to Victor Gilbert, 1880, oil on panel, 26,8 × 35,2 cm) in the Philadelphia Museum of Art; • Petit Palais, Paris • Tentation (1892, photogravure on paper, 18 × 14 cm) in the Musée Goupil, Bordeaux; • Le Carreau des Halles (1880, 54 × 74 cm) in the Musée Malraux - MuMa, Le Havre; • La Demoiselle, Huile sur bois (41 × 32 cm) in the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Bayeux; • Marchande de volailles lisant (oil on canvas; 46 × 56 cm) in the Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art; • Musée des Beaux-Arts, Château de Dieppe, Dieppe • Un coin des Halles (oil on canvas; 235 × 331 cm) in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux • British Museum, London • Les Halles le Matin, La Boverie, Liège • RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island • Musée des Beaux-Arts, Pau • Hotel du Louvre Sources:
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — A Parisian Flower Market • Illustration — The Vegetable Market (1878) • Illustration — The Cat's Lunch (1879) • Illustration — The Harvest • Illustration — Young Woman in the Flower Garden (circa 1885) • Illustration — Loving Flower Care • Illustration — Flower Seller near the Louvre Bridge • Illustration — Le Carreau des Halles (1880) • Illustration — The Day of Walking (1881) • Illustration — The Flower Market • Illustration — Gardening • Illustration — Hay Making (circa 1880) • Illustration — Precaution • Illustration — Offering a Flower to a Child • Illustration — Afternoon Tea in the Public Garden • Illustration — Dance Show • Illustration — The Place of the Trinity • Illustration — Flower Seller Making a Bouquet • Illustration — A Flower Seller • Illustration — The Toy Store • Illustration — Flower Market • Illustration — Portrait of an elegant woman with a mask • Illustration — Market's Corner - Musée des Beaux-Arts - Bordeaux. In front of, a bust from John Warrington Wood
Identity
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Victor Gilbert is recorded as painter.
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Life and career
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1847
Victor Gilbert born at Paris.
1933
Victor Gilbert died at Paris.
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- 1.Biography of Victor Gabriel Gilbert in MacConnal-Mason Gallery.
- 2.Artnet.fr, Victor Gabriel, exposities, geraadpleegd op 1 uni 2025
- 3.Offficiële catalogus, World's Columbian Exposition, p.81, retrieved on 1 June 2025
- 4.Index of Artists, British Museum, geraadpleegd op 1 uni 2025
- 5.RISD Museum, work by Victor Gilbert, retrieved on 1 juni 2025
- 6.Useum.org, Victor Gilbert , geraadpleegd op 1 juni 2025
- 7.Biografie Victor Gilbert, geraadpleegd op 1 juni 2025
- 8.Les Halles: Images d’un quartier, Collectif, Jean-Louis Robert, Myriam Tsikounas, 2016, p.60, geraadpleegd op 1 juni 2025
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Victor Gilbert received Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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Work by Victor Gilbert is
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Musée Carnavalet, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris and National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina
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